ISS 64 and ISS 2000 were both great soccer games, particularly the commentary.Not sure if they've held up well though.

A few bits of N64 trivia that I can dig up/remember -

Supposedly Mr. Yamauchi cut the deal with Silicon Graphics (the chip provider for the N64) himself. Silicon Graphics went to Sega first, and while Sega of America was impressed, the Japanese division decided to go with their own design (the Saturn) much to the chagrin of Sega of America's president Tom Kalinske. So the system might have turned out to be the Sega 64.

When showcasting the system for the first time at the 1995 November Shoshinkai show, Nintendo showed the N64 controllers in the same various colors but with one extra color -- (flat) purple which they never released.

The developers of Body Harvest are basically none other than the team that would become the Rockstar Grand Theft Auto team. Miyamoto and the developers clashed over the direction of Body Harvest however, Miyamoto wanted a more puzzle based game with less violence, the DMA guys wanted a more action oriented game with more violence. Eventually Nintendo allowed DMA free and they finished the game for Midway.

The original name for the N64 in the West was of course Ultra 64, the Ultra 64 logo can be seen at the beginning of the demo roll for the Killer Instinct arcade machine if you're ever spot one around. The original Ultra 64 controller was also matte black with grey/silver buttons.

In the late 1990s, Nintendo was bidding on the Harry Potter license, presumably for Rare to make games based on. Electronic Arts eventually won the contract however, probably because of their multi-platform publishing capability.

So many memories